From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-16 06:39:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!nycmny1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!colt.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pipehawk.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: john.nospam@nospamassen.nospamdemon.co.uk (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if... Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:41:41 GMT Message-ID: <3d5d003f.18415630@news.demon.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1029505116 nnrp-01:27918 NO-IDENT pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28103 Date: 2002-08-16T13:41:41+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:33:28 -0700 (PDT), Eric Merritt wrote: >> If you go to your [large] company's accountat and >> say "there you go, >> I've spent $1000 on software" and they say, "well, >> where is it?" and >> you say "it's a file on my PC" what do you think >> they're going to say >> to that? > >Hopefully, if they have half a brain, they will ask >you to make sure its burned to a CD, then let you >handle the matters you are expert in (software) the >same way you let them handle the company's accounting. Accountant? Half a brain? You'll be lucky :-) In general I agree with your comments, but I'm used to working in large companies like BAE Systems and Marconi where, ultimately, the company was run by accountants who really hadn't a clue about the technical stuff. It may be better now though.